>£ A VOYAGE TO Book I. 



they give ihtm the brean either under the arm or over 

 the llioulder, without taking them from their backs. 

 This will perhaps appear incredible ; but their hreafls, 

 being left to grow without any preiTureon ihem, often 

 hang down to their very waiil-, and are not therefore 

 difficult to turn over their fhoulders for the convenience 

 of the infant. 



The drefs of the Whites, both men and women, dif- 

 fers very little from that worn in Spain. The perfons 

 in grand employments wear the fame habits as in Eu- 

 rope ; but with this difference, that all their clothes are 

 very light, the viraiñcoats and breeches being of fine 

 Bretagnc linen, and the coat of lome other thin fluff. 

 Wigs are not much worn here ; and during our ilay, 

 the governor and two or three of the chief officers only 

 appeared in them. Neckcloths are alfo uncommon, 

 the neck of the ffiirt being adorned with large gold but- 

 tons, and thefe generally fuffered to hang loole. On 

 theirheads they wear a cap of very fine and white linen. 

 Others go entirely bareheaded, having their hair cut 

 from the nape of the neck *. Fans are very commonly 

 worn by men, and made of a very thin kind of palm in 

 the form of a crcfccnt, having a itick of the fame wood 

 in the middle, 'j'hofe who are not of the White clafs, 

 or of any eminent ftunily, wear a cloak and a hat flap- 

 ped ; though ioinc Mulattos and Negroes drefs like 

 the Spaniards and great men of the country. 



The Spaniih women wear a kind of petticoat, which 

 they call pollera, made of a thin filk, without any lining; 

 and on their body, a very thin white wailtcoat; but even 

 this is only worn in what 'hey call winter, it being ¡nfup- 

 portable in fummer. They however always lace in 

 luch a manner as to conceal their breafis. When they 

 go abroad, they wear a mantelet ; and on the days of 



* Kere, and in moft parts of South America, thev have their 

 hair Cut fo fhort, that a ftranger would think every ¡nan had a wig, 

 but did not wear it on account of the he.it. — A^ 



precept, 



